At MIT, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers is
studying how to create pervasive computing environments for the home. We
are developing technologies and design strategies that use context-aware
sensing to empower people with information by presenting it at precisely
the right time and place. Contrary to many visions of future home
environments in the literature, we advocate an approach that uses
technology to teach as opposed to using technology primarily for automated
control. We are constructing a "living laboratory" that will
provide a unique, flexible infrastructure for scientifically studying the
power of pervasive computing for motivating learning and behavior change
in the home. This facility, called the MIT-TIAX PlaceLab, will be used to
study technology for creating homes that are supportive.

Keywords

PlaceLab, home of the future, living laboratory, homes that are
supportive.